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Foxygloves Wed 05-Apr-23 07:35:55

A comment on another thread about dunking a Nice biscuit got me thinking.
I (to my shame) have always dunked. I did remember not to when my D’s took me to the Ritz for a landmark birthday but in everyday life, give me a cuppa and give me a biscuit and I’m anybody’s.
But which biscuit is best for dunking? Does it depend on the beverage?
Tea biscuits are clearly streets ahead for tea, but ginger nuts run them close.
Hobnobs too, although they can be fragile, therefore risky.
hmmhmm
Or have you raised your hands in horror at this breach of etiquette? grin

Ali08 Tue 11-Apr-23 20:49:21

Choccy diggers (chocolate digestives) are great for dunking....I'd probably dunking all sorts at least once and my DD & grandchildren have been known to dunk their biscuits in my tea!

kittylester Sun 09-Apr-23 09:34:30

I don't dunk - I like my biscuits hard.

I do, however, put butter on ginger biscuits.

Gundy Sun 09-Apr-23 02:06:54

Here’s what I call “dunking”.

I grew up at county fairs where local politicians (usually) or some note-worthy person would sit on a collapsible seat in a wire cage, over a water filled trough used for livestock drinking.

Anyone could buy balls to throw at a target, that if you hit the bullseye the politician would go flying in the drink.

Oh, what fun. A little taunting, a little laughter, lots of dunking. Looking for politicians who could use a dose of humility.
USA Gundy

nanna8 Sun 09-Apr-23 01:12:45

No, I don’t. I usually eat a biscuit first and then have a drink. I don’t like soggy biscuits. I think when I was very young I would have ,though.

sharon103 Sun 09-Apr-23 01:08:01

Oh yes.
there's many a time I've had to fish out an over dunked biscuit with a spoon.
My favourite dunking biscuits are rich tea and chocolate digestives.

Sardinia2020 Sat 08-Apr-23 21:52:27

Never

Kathmaggie Sat 08-Apr-23 19:56:27

My G’ma used to dunk and when her tea was too hot she would pour some into her saucer and slurp it! Both I found disgusting and have never dunked.

JdotJ Sat 08-Apr-23 17:43:12

I can't eat a biscuit without dunking

queenofsaanich69 Sat 08-Apr-23 16:06:17

Costco’s lemon Biscotti very good for dunking.

SachaMac Sat 08-Apr-23 15:27:43

Im trying to keep off biscuits but if I do succumb I will dunk, even chocolate digestives, love the way it melts the chocolate.

Nainijo Sat 08-Apr-23 15:18:15

Shortbread, absolutely lovely dunked😂

Quichette Sat 08-Apr-23 14:40:05

Quelle horreur! wink

Pudding123 Sat 08-Apr-23 14:25:30

Never dunked.a biscuit in my life Yuk Yuk Yuk...but I have never had a cup of tea either.

grandtanteJE65 Sat 08-Apr-23 14:18:57

Yes, at home I do dunk digestive biscuits and other hard ones.

I would only do so in public in France, where dunking a croissant in your breakfast coffee is considered all right, or in Spain if others in the room were doing so. Never in any country where it is considered bad manners, which is, as far as I know most of Europe and the UK.

Llamedos13 Sat 08-Apr-23 14:11:43

Chocolate chip cookies dunked in coffee for me😋The chocolate chips get all melty and gooey and delicious.

Diggingdoris Sat 08-Apr-23 13:46:11

I have always dunked and my gran told me that even Queen Elizabeth was a known dunker! So if it was good enough for her........!

Sawsage2 Sat 08-Apr-23 12:50:00

Saw a card in a shop recently which said ' I swear to Drunk I'm not God' (made me laugh!). I dont dunk.

LadyHonoriaDedlock Sat 08-Apr-23 12:46:02

Ginger nuts are definitely the best for dunking in tea.

It's been a long time now but do you remember when McVities ginger nuts were harder and denser than they are now? That would be when I was a teenager so well over 50 years now since they changed the recipe to something lighter and more crumbly. They were absolutely the best for dunking. Maybe the lighter version went down better with testing panels but I never was one to run with the flock.

ParlorGames Sat 08-Apr-23 12:45:09

Bourbons every time!

grannybuy Sat 08-Apr-23 12:44:56

Hate soggy textures so would never dunk biscuits, but chocolate dunked in coffee - that’s a treat!

Tanjamaltija Sat 08-Apr-23 12:40:23

Later the “old kite” asked “Have you got false teeth Mrs. H?”
Mystified mum replied “yes”. The “old kite” then said “ Only I saw you dip your biscuit in your drink.”

So, we are only allowed to dunk if we have falsies? Really?

@25Avalon

Dianehillbilly1957 Sat 08-Apr-23 12:40:17

I'm a great Dunker! A biscuit isn't a biscuit unless it's been dunked!

JaneJudge Sat 08-Apr-23 12:28:02

I would only do it in the privacy of my own home but I only really buy biscuits for the dog

DeeJaysMum Sat 08-Apr-23 12:25:37

OMG NEVER! 😲
As a very young child, I remember visiting my gran and my mum dunked her biscuit in her cup of tea, my gran gasped in horror, and told us that dunking was extremely impolite and should never be done, especially not in company.
This has stayed with me for over 50yrs, and I've never dunked, that's to say that I may have done it before being told it was rude, I can't remember, but I've definitely not done it since, and seeing other people dunk gives me the ick 🤮
One caveat though... bread/toast in soup is different, that's allowed 🙂

Norah Sat 08-Apr-23 12:25:06

No.